lingua franca (redirected from lingua francas)

lingua fran·ca  (frngk)

n. pl. lingua fran·cas (-kz) also linguae fran·cae (frngk, frns)

1. A medium of communication between peoples of different languages.

2. A mixture of Italian with Provençal, French, Spanish, Arabic, Greek, and Turkish, formerly spoken on the eastern Mediterranean coast.

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[Italian : lingua, language + franca, Frankish (that is, European).]

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lingua franca [ˈfræŋkə]

n pl lingua francas, linguae francae [ˈfrænsiː]

1. (Linguistics) a language used for communication among people of different mother tongues

2. (Linguistics) a hybrid language containing elements from several different languages used in this way

3. (Linguistics) any system of communication providing mutual understanding

[Italian, literally: Frankish tongue]

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Lingua Franca

n

(Linguistics / Languages) a particular lingua franca spoken from the time of the Crusades to the 18th century in the ports of the Mediterranean, based on Italian, Spanish, French, Arabic, Greek, and Turkish

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

lingua franca - a common language used by speakers of different languages; "Koine is a dialect of ancient Greek that was the lingua franca of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely spoken throughout the eastern Mediterranean area in Roman times" interlanguage, koine language, linguistic communication - a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols; "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written"

Translations

lingua franca [ˌlɪŋgwəˈfræŋkə] N (lingua francas or linguae francae (pl)) [ˌlɪŋgwiːˈfrænsiː] → lengua f franca

lingua franca [ˌlɪŋgwəˈfræŋkə] n → lingua f franca

lingua franca

n → Verkehrssprache f, → Lingua franca f; (= official language) → Amtssprache f

lingua franca [ˈlɪŋgwəˈfræŋkə] n → lingua franca

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lingua franca [ˈlɪŋgwəˈfræŋkə] n → lingua franca